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January 10, 2025 1:40 PM

Los Angeles wildfires devour thousands of homes, death toll rises to 10

Wildfires menacing Los Angeles have killed at least 10 people and devoured nearly 10,000 structures, with five fires burning into a third night on Thursday as dry desert winds fanning the flames again gathered strength. The Palisades Fire between Sa...

January 9, 2025 10:49 PM

Kremlin, on Trump remarks on Greenland and Canada, says Russia has Arctic interests

The Kremlin on Thursday said that Russia had strategic national interests in the Arctic when asked to comment on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's remarks about acquiring Greenland, absorbing Canada and taking control of the Panama Canal. Trump, w...

January 9, 2025 9:17 PM

Ring of fire tightens around Los Angeles as Hollywood Hills burn

A terrifying wave of wildfires squeezing Los Angeles on multiple fronts pushed closer to the symbolic heart of the U.S. film industry on Thursday after a new blaze ignited in the hills overlooking Hollywood Boulevard and its Walk of Fame. The cresce...

January 9, 2025 5:35 PM

Armenian government approves bill to launch EU accession bid

Armenia's government on Thursday gave approval to a bill that calls for the country, once part of the Soviet Union, to launch a bid to join the European Union. Armenia has in recent years deepened ties with the West at the expense of its traditional...

January 9, 2025 4:50 PM

Jimmy Carter honored with state funeral before burial in Georgia hometown

Jimmy Carter, the former U.S. president who struggled with a bad economy and a hostage crisis but went on to a long and admired post-White House career, will be honored at a state funeral in Washington on Thursday. Fellow Democratic President Joe Bi...

January 9, 2025 3:21 PM

US says it has no plans to increase military presence in Greenland

The United States has no current plans to increase its military presence in Greenland, the U.S. embassy in Copenhagen said on Thursday, following renewed interest by incoming President Donald Trump in acquiring the Arctic island. Trump, who takes of...

January 9, 2025 3:19 PM

PM Modi and President-elect Trump are incredibly close: US envoy Garcetti

US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti on Thursday said that while he does not know the guest list for the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Donald Trump, he expects a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Donald Trump to take place f...

January 9, 2025 2:55 PM

Singapore says 3 men detained since October for seeking to join Middle East conflict

Singapore said on Thursday it had detained three men since October last year who were preparing to travel to the Middle East to fight against Israel, and one had expressed willingness to carry out attacks in Singapore if instructed to do so. The Hom...

January 9, 2025 2:35 PM

Bangladesh: Second rice shipment from India to arrive tomorrow

In Bangladesh, under the government's open tender agreement, the second shipment of 27,000 tons of rice is scheduled to arrive tomorrow at Chattogram port from Kakinada port of Andhra Pradesh, India. Amid harvest season, the rice prices have con...

January 9, 2025 1:45 PM

Bangladesh: Four dead, 15 injured in fire involving ambulance and two buses

In Bangladesh, four people were killed and 15 others injured as a gas cylinder in an ambulance exploded following a collision with a bus in Savar on Dhaka-Aricha highway early Thursday. According to officials, the ambulance caught fire around 2 am a...

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